| 2014 Tour of Qinghai Lake | |
| Series: | UCI Asia Tour |
| Date: | 6–19 July 2014 |
| Stages: | 13 |
| Distance: | 2219 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 51h 40' 40" |
| First: | Mykhaylo Kononenko |
| First Nat: | UKR |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Thomas Vaubourzeix |
| Second Nat: | FRA |
| Third: | Oleksandr Polivoda |
| Third Nat: | UKR |
| Points: | Mykhaylo Kononenko |
| Points Nat: | UKR |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Ghader Mizbani |
| Mountains Nat: | IRI |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Team Color: | yellow_number |
| Previous: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The 2014 Tour of Qinghai Lake is the 13th edition[1] of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Qinghai Province, China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is run at the highest category (apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.[2]
Twenty-two teams competed in the 2014 Tour of Qinghai Lake. These included five UCI Professional Continental and seventeen UCI Continental teams.
The teams that participated in the race were:
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 July | Xining to Xining | 122km (76miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 2 | 7 July | to Datong | 188km (117miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 3 | 8 July | Huzhu to Xihai | 234km (145miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 4 | 9 July | Xihai to Heimahe | 206km (128miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 5 | 10 July | Qinghai Lake to Guide | 203km (126miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 6 | 11 July | Guide to Tongren | 208km (129miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 7 | 12 July | Tongren to Hualong | 143km (89miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 8 | 13 July | Xunhua to Lintao | 225km (140miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 14 July | Rest day | ||||||
| 9 | 15 July | Tianshui to Tianshui | 118km (73miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 10 | 16 July | Tianshui to Pingliang | 227km (141miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 11 | 17 July | Yinchuan to Yinchuan | 133km (83miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 12 | 18 July | Zhongwei to Zhongwei | 120km (80miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 13 | 19 July | Lanzhou to Lanzhou | 92km (57miles) | Flat stage | |||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Teams classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksandr Polivoda | Oleksandr Polivoda | Oleksandr Polivoda | not awarded | ||
| 2 | Marco Benfatto | |||||
| 3 | Mykhaylo Kononenko | Ghader Mizbani | ||||
| 4 | Marco Benfatto | Marco Benfatto | ||||
| 5 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Thomas Vaubourzeix | |||
| 6 | Grega Bole | Mykhaylo Kononenko | ||||
| 7 | Timofey Kritsky | |||||
| 8 | Sergiy Lagkuti | |||||
| 9 | Ahmet Örken | Mykhaylo Kononenko | ||||
| 10 | Grega Bole | |||||
| 11 | Mattia Gavazzi | |||||
| 12 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | |||||
| 13 | Mattia Gavazzi | Mykhaylo Kononenko | ||||
| Final | Mykhaylo Kononenko | Mykhaylo Kononenko | Ghader Mizbani | |||